Filing-cabinet.



- fit imitates fi led sjepteinber 19 1a serialIra-121mb?f mean, a citizenofthe United States,-1residing-a1; Port Huron; in the county of St;

Clair and State of'Michiganjhave invented certain new andi-useful' Improvemems in FilingeCabinetsq, and I-do hereby declare the following to be a full; c1ear',-"and exact .cleserip'tion'; ofthe invention; such" as will enablei 'othe'rs skilled in the" art td'which" 'it appertainsjm make and'use-the same;

'I-hi's i invention relates to a filing cabinet for 'retainingphonograph or" talking ima- ,chinerecord's' or analogousarticles; and" the primary-object oftlie 'irivention is to provide a cabinet whiel'r=-'is particularly de:

signed for-use connection with the filing envelop disclosed' 'in Letters" Patent No. 1,154 29Z issuecl;fiept; 21,, l9l5 which cabinet is constructed so that its ends and, a plurality of partitions positioned within the cabinet are shorter than the front side of the cabinet so as-"to" permit *of ."the exhibitingof the label-carryingg tabs of the envelope.

A further object of this inventionis to provide a cabinet as specifiedwherein the front and rear sides of the cabinet are of greater thickness and strength than the ends of the cabinet, for supporting partitions and'also for better supporting the weight 7 of the records, and to provide slots within the inner surface of the rear side'of the cabinet which extend downwardly from the upper edge of the rear side and 'are provided for permitting of the insertion of one end of the partitions ther ein,and furtherto provide pockets inthe inner surface of the front side of the cabinet which receive the ends of'the partitions opposite from the ones which are mounted inthe recesses carried in the rear. slde and prevent vertlcal movement of the partitions.

I With the foregoing and other 'obiects in view this invention'consists in such novel features of constructlon, combmatlon and arrangement of parts as Wlll be hereinafter more fully described, illustrated in the ac" companyingdrawing and claimed.

In clescriblng the'invention in detail ref erence will be had to the accompanying drawing wherein like characters designate like and corresponding parts throughout the several views, and in which Figure 1 is a perspective view illustratthe cabinet "opened a r ec fieti i nee- Finit antata: i

corner of the" cabinetfshowing thesame closed; and

I ".ionnin-nrsnnnAunn or ronranofnon, MICHIGALR- igii lsa view of thefilingenvelop'for holding I =pl10nogrjaph or "talking machine 7 records, forthe filin'g of which the 1 cabinet separatism-y designed; I

- Rersrrin more particularly to as draw ing, -1 designatesa-main body of the c ab'i-f net as an entirety; which-includes a "front 7 side 2, rear-side 3 and, ends, 4 and 5,'and a bottom; 6. The front side 52,- rear' side 3 and the 'bottorn 6' are greater-in thickness'than theends- 4; "and 5 ofthe box; for'increas-ing the strength and durability of'the cabinet,

The rear side '3 of the cabinet'isgpro jided with plurality of :Jvertic'ally positioned recesses 7 which extend downwardly from the upper edge {of the rear side andiare provided for receivingfone' end ofpartiti'ons 8 which are's'paced*'suitable';distances apart within the cabinet for divlding the I Saa1 inta a" pluralityof compartments for ioldin'g a predetermined number of records. 'The recesses 7 terminate a relatlvely short distance above'the bottom 6 of the cabinet as clearly shown in Fig. 2 of the drawing and they hold'the lower edges of the partitions 8 abovethe bottom 6. The

front side 2 of the box is provided with a plurality of pockets 9 formed therein, the upper and lower ends of which terminate in' shoulders as indicated at 10. The pockets 9 receive the ends of the partitions 8 remote from the ends which are seated in the recesses 7 and the shoulders 10 prevent'ver- .tical movement of the partitions and aid in holding the partitions rigidly in place. To insert the partitions vwithin the cabinet, it is necessary to spring the front and rear 7 sides 3 and Q'apart, slide one end of each of the partitions into one of the slots 7 and then'position the opposite end of the partitions in alinement with one of the pockets,

9-formed in the inner surface of the front net springs to its normalpositionthe end of side 2 of the cabinetfso that when the c'abi- I l j y the partition will seat itself inthe pocket 9 Y i v l A cover 12 is hingedly connected in any Y suitable manner as indicated att13 to the I upper end of the rear side 3 and it isp'ro-x vid'ed with depending side wings 14 which;

overlap the upper edges of the ends 4 and 5 of the cabinet. Any suitable type of han-.

dle indicated at 15 is connected to the top of the cover 12 for facilitating the opening of the same. The rear side 3 has its upper end cut away, and the lower end of the rear side 16 of the cover 12 rests upon the upper edge of the rear side 3 when the cover is closed, as clearly shown in Fig. 2of the drawing and the front edge of the cover rests upon the upper edge of the front side 2. The front side 2 extends above the upper edges of the ends 4 and 5 and the partitions 8, leaving a space indicated at 16, which is provided for permitting of the exhibiting of the labeling tabs 17 which are formed upon the upper edges of the record carrying envelop 18. Since the tabs17 are formed upon the envelop 18 so that they maybe moved pivotally with respect to the envelop, the provision of the cut away portion or space 16 permits the ready access to the labeling tab of any of the envelops which are positioned within the cabinet.

If it is so desired the partitions 8 may be attached to the interior of the cabinet in other suitable ways than the one described, without departing from the spirit of the invention. a 7

While in the foregoing description, the filing cabinet has been described as particularly designed for the filing of envelops for containing phonograph records, it is to be understood that the cabinet may be em- Gopies of this patent may be obtained for which can be conveniently filed therein.

In reducing the invention to practice certain minor features of construction, combmat on and arrangement of parts may necessitate alteration to which the patentee is entitled provided such alterations are comprehended within the scope of what is claimed.

lVhat is claimed is: a 1

'In a cabinet for phonograph record filing envelops, a body having front and rear sides and ends, said rear side provided with a plurality of A recesses extending vertically therein and communicating with the upper edge of the rear side, said front side provided with a plurality of pockets having their upper and lower ends terminatingv in abrupt shoulders, and partitions adapted for, having certain of their ends mountedin said recesses and the other of their ends mounted in said pockets, saidshoulders preventing accidental vertical movement of said partitions, and a cover hingedly connected to the rear side of said body.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of I Eatents, Washington, D. 0. 

